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.Dd August 4, 2009
.Dt ELF_GETSHDRNUM 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm elf_getshdrnum
.Nd return the number of sections in an ELF file
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libelf
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libelf.h
.Ft int
.Fn elf_getshdrnum "Elf *elf" "size_t *shnum"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Function
.Fn elf_getshdrnum
retrieves the number of ELF sections associated with descriptor
.Fa elf
and stores it into the location pointed to by argument
.Fa shnum .
.Pp
This routine allows applications to uniformly process both normal ELF
objects, and ELF objects that use extended section numbering.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Function
.Fn elf_getshdrnum
returns zero value if successful, or -1 in case of an error.
.Sh ERRORS
Function
.Fn elf_getshdrnum
can fail with the following errors:
.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
A
.Dv NULL
value was passed in for argument
.Fa elf .
.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
Argument
.Fa elf
was not for an ELF file.
.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
Argument
.Fa elf
lacks an ELF Executable header.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr elf 3 ,
.Xr elf32_getehdr 3 ,
.Xr elf64_getehdr 3 ,
.Xr elf_getident 3 ,
.Xr elf_getphdrnum 3 ,
.Xr elf_getshdrstrndx 3 ,
.Xr gelf 3 ,
.Xr gelf_getehdr 3
